How do you Survive your Family?

Bell-Ringer
Take JE#8 and pair up with a

partner. Exchange journals and read each other's responses. Note similarities/ differences.
Write a 2-3 sentence response to

your partner's journal entry. Sign your name at the bottom.

Surviving Family/ Survival Unit

Similarities Everyday is a struggle Emotions:
Frustration Stress Anger Fatigue

Surviving Family/ Survival Unit

Differences

Living with your family is not a life or

death struggle One bad decision will not alter your future significantly in each scenario To Build a Fire: If he did not build a fire he would lose his limbs Surviving your family: If you do not do your chores, you will not lose an arm hopefully!

Act 1 Scene 5 Lines 42-51

O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Is seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a right jewel in an Ethiops earBeauty too rich for use, for earth too dear! So shows a snowy dove trooping with the crows As yonder lady oer her fellows shows. The measure done, Ill watch her place of

Poetic Devices
Traditional Poem: Stanza A group of lines

forming the basic recurring metrical unit poems with a in a poem; a verse structure, rhyme Stanzas can be scheme and content viewed as a paragraph in an that evokes a essay. All the meaningful message, information in a whether it be social stanza/paragraph reflects the same info or political. Lines -A line of verse that has the full number of syllables -Lines can be viewed as individual sentences in a
The art of creating

Poetic Device (continued)

End Rhyme Refers to words that rhyme on their "end" or last

syllable O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Is seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Syllabic Pattern The amount of syllables in each line and their

routine throughout the work O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! Is seems she hangs upon the cheek of night As a right jewel in an Ethiops earBeauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!

My Journal
I dont really argue or defy my parents anymore since I have

come to abide by their rules and do what they say; However, that was not the case when I was your age! My parents and I argued about a laundry list of things, Why can't I go out tonight? Why do I need to get a job? Why do I have to study? The list goes on and on. A great deal of this stemmed from me thinking I knew everything and they nothing since they grew up a long time ago, but I came to realize generation to generation typically go through the same issues.
Soooooo... How did I survive my family growing up?

-I kept to myself and stayed out of their way, like most

teens. -I went to school everyday and finished my homework every night -I played a lot of sports to get out of the house and be with my friends as much as possible -I did all my chores and followed the rules, sometimes, so

My Poem
How did I survive my fam growing up, Followed the rules and did not tip the cup. Kept to myself and stayed out of their way, Like most teens do, I was somewhat a stray.

Went to school, finished my homework er' night, This made relations with mom and pops tight. I did all my chores and followed the rules If I did not, I was just a plain fool
What poetic devices are being

used? What is recurring from line to

Assignment/ Rubric
You will all be required to create your own

How to Survive your Family poems. Requirements: Journal (2 pts) Focus on topic (2 pts) End rhyme (2 pts) Syllabic pattern of 10 (2 pts) 2 stanzas (1 pt) 4 lines each 1 pt) Assignment is worth a total of 6% Due: 02/11/13